Monday, March 22, 2010

Bonnie Becomes a BON

WOW, in its own words, is a support site for blogs of substance. Mmmm. I never thought of my blog as a blog of substance and I've actually given up trying to define what it is about. Sometimes it's better not to over-analyze these things. When I feel like writing, I write. And it might be a while between posts. If I have nothing to say, there's no post.

I love the concept of this site and I look forward to finding interesting new blogs to follow. It was created at the perfect time for me, since it seems that several of the blogs I've been faithfully following have abruptly decided to end. And I'm the type of person (nosy) who needs to know what happened! So if I start to follow your life and suddenly you say "I'm done" - well, I won't be happy about it!

I will admit that I found the acronym BON (Blogger of Note) to be very amusing. You see, as a Bonnie, when Sandy emailed me with the subject line "BON" I thought she was being especially friendly to me!

I have been blogging for 1.5 years now. I am a Compliance Officer at my job (in employee benefits) and I do a lot of technical writing, and let me tell you, it doesn't get any more boring than that. I have always enjoyed writing, and found it to be quite refreshing to write whatever comes to me and have people actually read it! My husband's cousin got me into it - she is much more creative than I am, but we both agreed that once you start blogging, you seem to view everything in your life in a new way and think to yourself "oh now THAT would make a good blog post!"

I tend to find the humor in things. Even in things that aren't funny. I am known for laughing at the most inopportune times, and when that happens, I usually can't stop.

As a Cancer, I love my home. I would be quite content to never leave it. I am mom to an almost 22 year old daughter and a 20 year old son. My husband and I will celebrate our 25th anniversary this September. And I am a loving mama to a 15 year old dog and 3 cats. I can't imagine my life without these animals hanging around.

My friends are very important to me and I would describe myself as a loyal person.

Finding my favorite posts was kind of a fun adventure. I did not realize I had written so much! But here they are:

A tribute to my wonderful dog, Pepper. I admit that the first thing I do every morning is make sure she's still breathing. It's getting harder for her to get around. She is one of the great loves of my life.

In closing, I want to wish a happy birthday to my oldest cat, Bing Krauss, who turns 11 on 3/26/10.

In final closing, here are the kids (there will be no pix of moi, because the last good picture taken of me was taken 30 years ago):

39 comments:

Sharon
said...

Congratulations on your BON-ness. I have always known you were a writer of note.

I can't believe Bing is 11. I still think of him as a kitten, really. Of course, the fact that Pepper is 15 is astonishing to me, too. She is one of my favorite people, as you know, and I believe I am still one of hers.

Congrats on being chosen BON! I had the honor Wednesday and it is AMAZING how many kind and wonderful people responded. Enjoy your day in the spotlight! You'll be dazzled for days!

Two things stood out from your post here...laughing at inopportune times. I dunno what it was, but when friends of mine would get hurt I'd get the hysterical giggles as a kid. As I'd be bending over trying to help them up or whatever, I'd be giggling to beat the band and asking, "Are you OK?!" in the same breath. I attribute the weirdness of it to nerves, haha!

The second: There are few photos of me in existence, too...but every now and then, very rarely, once upon a time...I sneak one on to my blog.

Have a GREAT day...if it's anything like mine was, you can't help but end up feeling all warm and cozy and blessed at the end of the day!

I'm afraid I'm a day late and a dollar short but I'm so happy the blog of note turned out to be you.

Your blog is refreshing; no euphemisms, just "this is who I am, who I love and what I do."

You're simply living the best life you can and by blogging about it, you have witnesses outside of family and friends who can attest that you are indeed here making this world a better place by acknowledging that a life well lived doesn't have to be a big show. It just is.

Well, Bon, congrats on your BON day!!!!!! :-) I am enjoying peeking around your blog. You are a great writer!!!

Now, I have to say, judging by how beautiful your children are I am finding it hard to believe that you would take a bad picture. They had to get their good looks from somewhere, and I am assuming it is from you and your hubby!!!

I can't wait to go read your selected posts, especially the one about your beloved Pepper!!! God bless her...15 years!!! I am totally obsessed with my dog and hope and pray every day I can have him in my life that long!!!

About Me

Gee - I'm a middle aged woman who works full-time, the mom of a wonderful daughter and son, the wife of an amazing guy who has stood by me for almost 25 years, the owner of 3 wonderful cats and a loving 14 year old dog who's getting a bit senile. I love my family dearly. And I love my home (probably too much; I'd much rather be here than go away). I love humor and good friends who are trustworthy. I like to cook and I just started to garden last year. This year was the first year for a veggie garden - I'm getting better at flowers.